Upstream information

CVE-2012-2733 at MITRE

Description

java/org/apache/coyote/http11/InternalNioInputBuffer.java in the HTTP NIO connector in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28 does not properly restrict the request-header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large amount of header data.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 789406 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SU-2013:0226-1, published Fri Feb 1 09:04:21 MST 2013
  • openSUSE-SU-2012:1700-1 openSUSE-SU-2012:1701-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0147-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • tomcat6 >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-javadoc >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-lib >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
Patchnames:
slessp2-tomcat6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • tomcat6 >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-javadoc >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-lib >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA tomcat6-6.0.18-20.35.40.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • tomcat6 >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-javadoc >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-lib >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-webapps >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA tomcat6-6.0.41-0.43.1


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jul 17 09:06:21 2014
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:34 2023